Vassilis
Vassilis is a summary of resistance to adversity. Danai Anesiadou used plastic bags for vacuum packing personal belongings to create a series of objects that lies somewhere between exquisite corpses and ready-made. Vassilis is one such sculpture, which includes a pouch for loose tobacco, a square of silk, and bas-reliefs reproduced on paper. Through metonymy, the work speaks of the daily life of a friend of the artist who gave his name to the piece, but also of the lives of Greek men and women, recounted meagre possessions, who have chosen to stay in their country despite the successive austerity measures they have been subjected to since 2008. Vassilis is what is left in the aftermath of a crisis. It is testimony to a reality, a petrification of the invisible wealth that these people keep with themselves, against all odds.